Sir Peter James Blake was a New Zealand yachtsman who won the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race,held the Jules Verne Trophy from 1994 to 1997 by setting the around the world sailing record as co-skipper of ENZA New Zealand,and led New Zealand to successive victories in the America's Cup.
Sir Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones was a New Zealand mathematician known for his work on von Neumann algebras and knot polynomials. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1990.
Sir Michael Niko Jones is a New Zealand former rugby union player and coach.
Sir David Stuart Beattie,was an Australian-born New Zealand judge who served as the 14th governor-general of New Zealand,from 1980 to 1985. During the 1984 constitutional crisis,Beattie was nearly forced to dismiss the sitting prime minister,Robert Muldoon.
Sir Kenneth James Keith is a New Zealand judge. He was elected to the International Court of Justice in November 2005,serving a nine-year term during the years 2006 through 2015.
Sir Bryan George Williams is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer and former coach of the Samoan national rugby team.
Sir Anand Satyanand,is a former lawyer,judge and ombudsman who served as the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011.
Sir Arthur Douglas Myers was a New Zealand businessman and one of the country's richest men (#35 on the Forbes New Zealand and Australian Rich list,2006,with net worth estimated at AU$350 million,and assessed as worth $950m and New Zealand's ninth richest man according to the National Business Review.
Sir John Steele Henry is a New Zealand jurist and former Court of Appeal judge,and member of the well-known Henry family.
Sir William David Baragwanath is a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He served as president of the United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon between 2011 and 2015.
Sir David Christopher Graham Skegg is a New Zealand epidemiologist and university administrator. He is an emeritus professor in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at the University of Otago. He was the vice-chancellor of the university from 2004 to 2011 and president of the Royal Society of New Zealand from 2012 to 2015. His primary research interest is cancer epidemiology.
Sir Gordon Ellis Bisson was a New Zealand Court of Appeal judge and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
Sir Peter Blanchard is a former judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Sir Robert Stanley Chambers was a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Sir David James Carruthers is a long-serving member of the New Zealand legal community. He worked as a lawyer in Wellington,Pahiatua and Palmerston North,before being appointed as a Family Court Judge in 1985. In 2001,Carruthers was appointed as Chief District Court Judge,a position he held until 2005,when he was appointed as the chairman of the New Zealand Parole Board. In 2012,Carruthers joined the Independent Police Conduct Authority as its chairman. Since 2021 Carruthers has been the Independent Implementation Monitor to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the Victorian Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants.
Sir Patrick Hogan was a New Zealand breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses,based in Cambridge. He was closely associated with the champion sires Sir Tristram and Zabeel.
Sir Peter Alderidge Williams was a New Zealand barrister and penal reform advocate. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1987.
Sir Richard Ian Barker was a New Zealand jurist. His legal career spanned over six decades. He was a lawyer for 20 years,followed by 20 years as a judge at the High Court,before he worked for another two decades as a mediator and arbitrator. Barker was involved in the law reform in the Cook Islands.
Sir Peter John Trapski is a New Zealand jurist. He served as chief District Court judge between 1985 and 1989,and was a member of the Waitangi Tribunal from 1989 until 1993.
Amokura Kawharu is a New Zealand legal academic and barrister. Kawharu was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2021. She is the first woman and the first Māori to be president of the New Zealand Law Commission.
